The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-11
INTERSTATE MINERS.

Important Work of the Convention in Ar
ranging the Scale of Prices.
COLUMBUS. O., Feb 10.-The joint commit
tee on scale of the interstate convention of
miners and operators. which has in charge the
important work of the meeting is composed as
follows:
Operators-Ohio, Brashears and Townsend;
Pennsylvania, Schluederberg and Hartley; Indi-
ana remnant and Zimmerman; Illinois, Bent
and Campbell Miners-Ohio, Mcbride and
James; PENNSYLVANIA. Britt and McBryde: lndi-
Brooks.
The new interstate board of arbitration and
conciliation is composed as follows:
Miners-McLaughlin and Armstrong Illinois;
Hareraves and Houston. Indiana; Evans and
Mcbride, Ohio; Baker and Britt, of Pennsylvania.
Operators-Brent and Aimes, Illinois; thinner
man and Kendall Indiana; Townsend and Chap
man, Ohio; Blythe and Schleuderberg, Pennsyl-
vania.
Members for the State board of arbitration
will be reported to the interstate board by
May1.
The scale committee agreed upon the basis for
what ever advance may be decided upon. The
Ohio and Illinois basis remains unchanged.
pennsylvania was reduced from II to 70 cents
per ton. This was after long consultation.
The operators wanted it made 68 cents, and the
miners held out against reduction. The 70
diana differences were only arranged by a meet
ing OF the operators and miners of the State.
The basis IS to be so cents for all coal three feet
one inch thlck and over: 85 cents for all under
down to two feet ten inches, and 81 for between
two feet seven and two feet ten inches At the
session to-day the scale committee reported and
the Pennsylvania operators claimed their repre-
sentative on the committee had exceeded his
authority IN agreeing to 20 cents, difference
of 10 cents between that and the Hooking Val
ley. The matter was referred to the conven-
tion and after several hours the Pennsylvania
operators VIZ thdrew and agreed difference
of cents batween that State and the Hooking
Valley.
The scaleeommittee submitted report, VIII ch
was unaniD sus to the basis, and submitted a
resolution ,ovlding that the scale shall not take
effect and remain in force until the districts
which heretofore refused to comply with the
| scale have d,ne so or their mines are idle In
| case these things not accomplished, the
operators a.s relieved from the conditions of the
| scale.
The convention continued in session, taking
recess at abeut intervals Of one hour during the
evening, in n effort to reach compromise. The
| question W. an advance on the scale which had
| been adoptet. The operators, early in the day
| secured the adoption of resolution that il
case an ssdvance should be made il
| should not take effect unless the miners
| the scale up 10 the prices. They would not agree
to this proposition under any circumstances
| The resolnasoa of the operators that they could
not grant any advance, was defeated, was alst
the resolutio, of a compromise character which
| came from me operators to pay q uniform ad
| vance Of five s:ents
LATER-The miners and operators at l A. NJ
| agreed az advance of five cents til. Nov.
and five cent? additional after that date to Ma.
| of next y0afs